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From: terry@moogvax.UUCP (Terry Westley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Case insensitivity
Summary: Yes, case insensitivity is a positive Ada feature
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Date: 20 Feb 89 14:41:32 GMT
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In article <317@sagpd1.UUCP> banderso@sagpd1.UUCP (Bruce Anderson) writes:
>My question is, does everyone think that the case-insensitivity of
>Ada is a positive feature and if so why? Personally, if I see a
>variable 'aBcDe' and another one 'AbCdE' they don't immediately strike
>me as being the same and is therefore confusing when they are.

Yes, I do:

1) Although natural language is case sensitive in proper usage, it is not 
   necessary for understanding.  i'm sure you know what i mean.

2) I use C just as much as Ada.  Case sensitivity is a minor
   annoyance in a language that requires human perfection.  By this I
   mean that the compiler does not catch as many typos and careless
   mistakes as an Ada compiler.  I believe that the programmer and the
   compiler have different strengths and that compilers and languages
   should be designed with that in mind.

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  Terry Westley         
  Moog, Inc. (no, not the synthesizer company)
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